{"id":70127,"date":"2021-07-26T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T19:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=70127"},"modified":"2021-07-26T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T19:22:35","slug":"70127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=70127","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0fWARNING: Big Tech is launching a new effort to build a database of gun owners who don&#39;t believe in gun control\u26a0\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PDbePmQdOy\">https:\/\/t.co\/PDbePmQdOy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aidan Johnston (@RealGunLobbyist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealGunLobbyist\/status\/1419714859772559365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gun Owners of America (GOA):<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">Here is why the <em class=\"_7s4syPYtk5hfUIjySXcRE\">Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism&#8217;s<\/em>\u00a0new &#8220;militia&#8221; database likely includes you&#8211;a gun owner who believes gun control is unconstitutional:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\"><strong class=\"_12FoOEddL7j_RgMQN0SNeU\">Fact 1<\/strong>:\u00a0<em class=\"_7s4syPYtk5hfUIjySXcRE\">Reuters<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;<a class=\"_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/exclusive-facebook-tech-giants-target-manifestos-militias-database-2021-07-26\/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow ugc\">Tech giants to target attacker manifestos, far-right militias in database<\/a>.&#8221; Excerpts:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">Until now, the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism\u2019s (GIFCT) database has focused on videos and images from terrorist groups on a United Nations list and so has largely consisted of content from Islamist extremist organizations such as Islamic State, al Qaeda and the Taliban.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">Over the next few months, the group will add attacker manifestos &#8212; often shared by sympathizers after white supremacist violence &#8212; and other publications and links flagged by U.N. initiative Tech Against Terrorism.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">Fourteen companies can access the GIFCT database, including Reddit, Snapchat-owner Snap, Facebook-owned Instagram, Verizon Media, Microsoft\u2019s LinkedIn and file-sharing service Dropbox.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">GIFCT has faced criticism and concerns from some human and digital rights groups over censorship.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">\u201cOver-achievement in this takes you in the direction of violating someone\u2019s rights on the internet to engage in free expression,\u201d said Rasmussen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">The group wants to continue to broaden its database to include hashes of audio files or certain symbols and grow its membership. It recently added home-rental giant Airbnb and email marketing company Mailchimp as members.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\"><strong class=\"_12FoOEddL7j_RgMQN0SNeU\">Fact 2<\/strong>:\u00a0<em class=\"_7s4syPYtk5hfUIjySXcRE\">National Counterterrorism Center<\/em>\u00a0in the\u00a0<em class=\"_7s4syPYtk5hfUIjySXcRE\">Office of the Director of National Intelligence<\/em>\u00a0<a class=\"_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/documents\/Newsroom\/Testimonies\/20200917_HCHS_Miller_SFR_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow ugc\">coordinates with (PDF Warning)<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0<em class=\"_7s4syPYtk5hfUIjySXcRE\">Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">in coordination with State, FBI and DHS, NCTC has worked with U.S. technology companies, including several members of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), a private industry initiative and now a non-governmental organization, to provide technology companies with information about how terrorists use the internet, including specific key words and logos.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">The Center has also worked with members of the GIFCT to help identify terrorist content.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\"><strong class=\"_12FoOEddL7j_RgMQN0SNeU\">Fact 3<\/strong>: Office of the Director of National Intelligence\u00a0<a class=\"_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/17\/politics\/read-odni-joint-assessment-domestic-extremism-threat\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow ugc\">labels gun owners who think gun control is unconstitutional as Militia Violent Extremists<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\"><strong class=\"_12FoOEddL7j_RgMQN0SNeU\">Militia Violent Extremists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">DVEs [Domestic Violent Extremists] who take overt steps to violently resist or facilitate the overthrow of the US Government in support of their belief that the US Government is purposely exceeding its Constitutional authority and is trying to establish a totalitarian regime;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong class=\"_12FoOEddL7j_RgMQN0SNeU\">oppose many federal and state laws and regulations, particularly those related to firearms ownership.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\"><strong class=\"_12FoOEddL7j_RgMQN0SNeU\">Fact 4<\/strong>: The Second Amendment was intended by our Founding Fathers as an &#8220;overt step[] to violently resist or facilitate the overthrow of the US Government [if] the US Government [wa]s purposely exceeding its Constitutional authority and[ ]trying to establish a totalitarian regime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"_28lDeogZhLGXvE95QRPeDL\">\n<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">A well regulated Militia,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong class=\"_12FoOEddL7j_RgMQN0SNeU\">being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26a0\ufe0fWARNING: Big Tech is launching a new effort to build a database of gun owners who don&#39;t believe in gun control\u26a0\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/PDbePmQdOy &mdash; Aidan Johnston (@RealGunLobbyist) July 26, 2021 Gun Owners of America (GOA): Here is why the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism&#8217;s\u00a0new &#8220;militia&#8221; database likely includes you&#8211;a gun owner who believes gun control &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=70127\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,75,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enemies-foreign-domestic","category-media","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70128,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70127\/revisions\/70128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}